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Cleveland Radio Feb 24 Ratings
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People are kinda sampling a little bit of everything judging by this book.
ZAK, NCX, DOK, and GAR all saw solid bumps
Majic slipped a bit as more different items in the buffet are being picked.
Now that we are in the football dead zone, 92.3 The Fan really took a dive.
107.3 keeps slowly and steadily climbing along
5 iHeart + 3 Audacy + 1 Urban One + 1 Ideastream = Top 10.
ZAK, NCX, DOK, and GAR all saw solid bumps
Majic slipped a bit as more different items in the buffet are being picked.
Now that we are in the football dead zone, 92.3 The Fan really took a dive.
107.3 keeps slowly and steadily climbing along
5 iHeart + 3 Audacy + 1 Urban One + 1 Ideastream = Top 10.
It seems like WKSU (NPR) has become the top "news" station in the area. WTAM has been drifting away from being the top news station for years, choosing to focus more on right wing talk as well as Cavs, Guardians, and more recently CSU games. I can remember when they were consistently in the top 5, if not top 3, in the ratings books. I don't think they ever recovered from the losses of both Triv and Rush. It seems to me at least that the public has lost it's appetite for divisive talk radio. I'd be curious to see the numbers for Clay and Buck, as well as Bloomdaddy. I can't imagine they're anywhere near Rush's or Triv's numbers.
Truth is WTAM has been doing the same thing for over quarter of a century.
The only major changes on the station in over quarter of a century were those forced upon them (Rush and Triv)
You don't lose your 2 biggest shows and not expect to take a hit.
Divisive talk radio lol. Cmon really? I notice whenever it is right wing it is "divisive" and when it is left wing it is "mainstream and thoughtful". The thing is people enjoyed Rush and Triv cause they were legends. Triv regardless of how "divisive" you thought he was did a lot for Cleveland in terms of charity and spoke what a lot of Clevelanders were thinking. Rush had a huge national following and whoever replaced him was never going to measure up. I would hate to be the one who follows a legend on any radio or TV broadcast. I would rather be the guy after the guy. Ex Tim Alcorn following John Michael who followed Joe Tait.
John Michael replaced 2 legends - first he replaced Joe on the radio, and then he replaced longtime TV voice Fred McLeod after he died suddenly prior to the 2019-20 season.
When Fred first came in I remember there was a lot of backlash from people who liked Michael Reghi on TV. (I could take or leave Michael not a fan but don't dislike him). John Michael is much the same way. He is OK a decent pro but to me the standard in basketball was always Joe Tait. He carried a broadcast by himself and did quite well. I like Tim Alcorn as well, personally I think Jim Chones just gets in the way on radio broadcasts and when Austin decides to retire they should move Jim back to TV where he belongs. I think Tim can handle a radio broadcast by himself.
Fred at the time was viewed as a Detroit guy (even though he's a Strongsville native and was a weekend sports anchor at the then WJKW TV 8 in the late 70s) as he had been the TV voice of the Pistons for many years, and there were also cries of cronyism as a young Dan Gilbert (Cavs owner) interned for McLeod at WDIV NBC 4 in Detroit, where Fred was a sports anchor.
Reghi - a Detroit native, showing the irony of all this - was viewed as more of the Cleveland guy, as he had been a weekend sports anchor at WEWS TV 5 in the 80s under the late great Gib Shanley and Nev Chandler, was a WKNR "OG" as he came on board in the early days of the then brand new all sports format (back then on 1220), and of course went on to do Cavs TV games for many years.
Tim Alcorn was at WEOL before becoming the Cavaliers play-by-play man. I think he is very good. I like when he says: "Holy Mobley" when that player makes an amazing shot.
Absolutely.
Tim and Joe Tait were very tight, and in a lot of ways Alcorn is trying to do right by Joe as he sits in his perch
You can tell Tim learned from Joe Tait as I can almost picture Joe with the style Alcorn uses. He does a great job. One thing for certain Cleveland for the most part has had outstanding play by play guys for all professional teams. I guess the only one I ever heard bad things about was Bob Neal but he was way before my time and they were all quotes in Terry Plutos outstanding books. When Tom Hamilton hangs it up it will be tough to fill his shoes. I feel bad for Rosenhaus he is actually a solid pro but a lot of people give the poor guy grief cause he isn't Tom.
People said the same thing about Hammy when he took over the big chair from Herb Score a quarter of a century ago.
Score was Johnny Carson, and Hammy was his faithful Ed McMahon.
Now Hammy is Carson, and Rosey is McMahon.
Circle of life I guess.
I remember when Joe Tait did morning sports for WQMX before it went country. I would listen just for Joe Tait's sports reports.
Do you think older people don't use streaming services or satellite radio?
Well yes, some do. But I am talking about who is left using a radio.
As I see it, there is a fundamental difference in how right wing talk radio vs. left wing talk radio present themselves. If you listen to what little left wing talk radio there is (NPR), their presentation is mature and presented with a certain dignity. Compare that with right wing talk radio, which is often laced with personal insults, cute nicknames for people they disagree with and conspiracy theories. They are often hosted by people who have no news background (Rush, Sean Hannity, Triv, etc) who are more entertainers than actual news analysts or people like Dennis Prager, who presents his opinions wrapped in religious overtones.
You'd be surprised.
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